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172 Doherty-Kirby and Lajoie<br />

5. Although some of the terms apply to all instruments with an electrospray source,<br />

some terms apply only to Micromass instruments. For example the cone voltage<br />

refers to the sampling orifice to skimmer potential difference on our instrument.<br />

6. These parameters will vary depending on the system being studied, but worked<br />

well for CaM binding to target peptides. Parameters (the most important are capillary<br />

temperature and cone voltage) are set to allow efficient desolvation and<br />

ionization without the destruction of the complex.<br />

7. This range encompasses most of the species observed in our study. If, in an initial<br />

experiment, it appeared that another charge state might be evident at higher m/z,<br />

the scan range was increased.<br />

8. Process only the part of the spectra that contain multiply charged data. Refer to<br />

the manufacturer’s instruction manual for a full determination of the width at half<br />

height parameter that is required for MaxEnt.<br />

9. MaxEnt data must converge in order to obtain quantitative data. The area under<br />

the peak correlates to the relative amounts of species present. Additional species<br />

corresponding to adducts of the proteins may be observed. For this study, we<br />

mainly observed addition of +17 (NH +<br />

4 ) and +38 (Ca2+ ) with +22 (Na + ) being<br />

observed occasionally.<br />

10. Centering must be done based on area in order to obtain quantitative data about<br />

the relative abundance of species present in the spectra. This is based on the<br />

assumption that the species ionize similarly. Calculations of Kd were based on the<br />

relative heights of the centered spectra for the complex being studied using<br />

Kd = [Free CaM (or fragment)][Free Peptide]/[complex].<br />

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